Schedule:

Thursday, July 24, 2025

11:00 a.m. - Mornings@Menlo
Martin Family Hall

Mornings@Menlo convene the entire festival community for hour-long master classes and Café Conversations, led by Music@Menlo faculty and artists. Mornings@Menlo are free and open to the public in Martin Family Hall; reservations are not required. All sessions are livestreamed on Music@Menlo’s website.

5:00 PM - Prelude Performance V
Stent Family Hall
Tickets: Free

PROGRAM

Dmitry Shostakovich(1906–1975)
 Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67 (1944)

W. A. Mozart(1756–1791)
 String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 (1783)

Artists

VIOLA

 Sofia Gilchenok

PIANO

 Bo Zhang

CELLO

 Camden Archambeau
 Sara Scanlon

VIOLIN

 Ria Honda
 Ariel Horowitz
 Eric Tsai

7:00 PM - Encounter Lecture II: The World According to Winds
Martin Family Hall
Tickets: $50 full-price | $25 under age thirty

The Jim and Mical Brenzel Encounter Series invites you to go beyond the concert hall and explore the heart of chamber music. Led by top musicians and thinkers, these evening talks explore the themes of each festival with great stories, insights, and musical moments. Whether you’re a longtime fan or just getting into chamber music, you’ll come away inspired.

Oboist extraordinaire James Austin Smith leads Music@Menlo audiences on a journey through musical history from a wind player’s perspective. For the first time at the festival, the evolution of wind instruments is revealed, from their beginnings some 40,000 years ago to their coming of age during the Renaissance. From the physics of producing sound, to the evolution of wind technology, to the great players who inspired composers and immortal compositions–this is sure to be one of Music@Menlo’s most memorable Encounters.

Artist

ENCOUNTER LEADER
 James Austin Smith